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Alexa Grasso stunningly submits Valentina Shevchenko to claim UFC flyweight championship at UFC 285

alexa grassoAlexa Grasso submits Valentina Shevchenko to become UFC flyweight champion at UFC 285 The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to us tonight, March 4, 2023, for UFC 285, headlined by back-to-back title fights. The main event of the evening came between the returning greatest of all-time, former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones, and his opponent, former […]

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Alexa Grasso submits Valentina Shevchenko to become UFC flyweight champion at UFC 285

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to us tonight, March 4, 2023, for UFC 285, headlined by back-to-back title fights.

The main event of the evening came between the returning greatest of all-time, former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones, and his opponent, former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane.

Our co-main event of the evening came at 125 lbs showcasing UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, who aimed to make the eighth-straight defense of her title opposing no. 6 ranked Alexa Grasso.

Shevchenko had gone 9-0 in the UFC’s flyweight division coming in since dropping down from 135 lbs, while Grasso had gone 4-0 in the UFC’s flyweight division since moving up from 115 lbs.

Round one

Shevchenko looks sharp in the early goings of the first, varying her attack well.

Grasso catches her with a good combination midway through the round however, and lands the same combination much harder not long thereafter. She also takes the champion down in the final ten seconds of the opening round, though Shevchenko was right back to her feet.

Round two

Shevchenko secures an early takedown to begin the second, and eventually passes to side control where she dominates the first three minutes of the round. Grasso gets back to her feet and lands another heavy combination, before she’s taken down once again, ending the second on her back.

Round three

Grasso is looking good on the feet, as she’s continuing to land punches in the middle of her combinations.

Shevchenko lands a quick combination before immediately shooting in on, and securing a takedown early on in the middle stretch.

Grasso gets back to her feet a couple minutes later, only to get taken down again. Shevchenko takes her back and one point, though the round ends with Grasso holding onto a guillotine choke from guard.

Round four

Much of the fourth round is spent with both women on their feet, and it was pretty even through the initial four minutes.

However, Shevchenko throws a spinning back kick and Grasso capitalizes on it, immediately taking her back and sinking in the rear naked choke. The most dominant champion in women’s flyweight history defended it as long as she could, but was eventually forced to tap.

Alexa Grasso becomes just the second UFC women’s flyweight champion in promotional history with her submission finish over the woman many believe to be the greatest female fighter of all time. She also became just the second Mexican-born champion in UFC history tonight at UFC 285.

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Valentina Shevchenko Says Her Next Fight Will Be At 125 Pounds

When the UFC first introduced women’s divisions, there was only a 135-pound bantamweight class. Then came the women’s 115-pound division. Now that the world’s leading MMA promotion has a women’s 125-pound weight class, many female bantamweights are making the move to flyweight, including recent bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko. “Bullet” revealed her intent to drop […]

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When the UFC first introduced women’s divisions, there was only a 135-pound bantamweight class. Then came the women’s 115-pound division.

Now that the world’s leading MMA promotion has a women’s 125-pound weight class, many female bantamweights are making the move to flyweight, including recent bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko.

“Bullet” revealed her intent to drop down to flyweight on Submission Radio, which is the weight class she competed in Muay Thai:

“You know, now I’m thinking to move to 125, and I think more probably my next fight it will be in this division 125 (pounds).

“Because 125 is like much closer weight for me, it’s my real weight category, and even at like 135 I feel comfortable and I feel like 125 I will be able to use all my techniques and all my skills because I will fight with the same-sized opponents as me.”

But she hasn’t ruled out a third fight with current bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, who she lost a narrow and competitive decision against at UFC 216 last Saturday.

“Of course I do, because it’s still on my plans to go back and fight against Amanda again,” she replied when asked if she would be interested in fighting for the bantamweight title again.

“And from the next time, not give any chance to make this like this decision that was made a few days ago. And of course it’s on my mind and I still want it. Not right now, not in the near future, but I definitely it will happen.”

Would you like to see Valentina Shevchenko move down to the 125-pound division? How do you think she would fare at flyweight?

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